summer solstice

See also: Summer Solstice

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

summer solstice (usually uncountable, plural summer solstices)

1. (astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun.

   Synonym: summer sunstead

Coordinate terms

• winter solstice
• vernal equinox
• autumnal equinox

Translations

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun

• Altai:

  Southern Altai: јайгы кӱн туруш (ǰaygï kün turuš)

• Arabic: الإنقِلَاب الصّيفِيّ
• Bulgarian: лятно слънцестоене n (ljatno slǎncestoene)
• Burmese: နွေယဉ်စွန်းချိန် (my) (nweyanycwan:hkyin)
• Catalan: solstici d'estiu m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 夏至 (haa⁶ zi³)

  Hakka: 夏至 (ha-chṳ)

  Hokkien: 夏至 (zh-min-nan) (hē-chì, hā-chì)

  Mandarin: 夏至 (zh) (xiàzhì), 北至 (zh) (běizhì), 夏節 / 夏节 (zh) (xiàjié)

• Danish: sommersolhverv (da) n
• Esperanto: somera solstico
• Estonian: suvine pööripäev
• Finnish: kesäpäivänseisaus (fi)
• French: solstice d'été (fr) m
• Galician: solsticio de verán (gl) m
• Georgian: ზაფხულის ნაბუნიობა (zapxulis nabunioba), ზაფხულის მზებუდობა (zapxulis mzebudoba), ზაფხულის მზისდგომა (zapxulis mzisdgoma)
• German: Sommersonnenwende (de) f
• Greek: θερινό ηλιοστάσιο (el) n (therinó iliostásio)
• Hungarian: nyári napforduló
• Icelandic: sumarsólstöður f pl, sumarsólhvörf n pl
• Irish: grianstad an tsamhraidh m
• Italian: solstizio d'estate m
• Japanese: 夏至 (ja) (げし, geshi)
• Korean: 하지(夏至) (ko) (haji)
• Latin: sōlstitium (la) n
• Māori: te Ihu o Hineraumati
• Navajo: jóhonaaʼéí tʼą́ą́ʼ ńdeesdzą́, shį́įgo shá ninádááh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sommersolverv n

  Nynorsk: sumarsolkverv m, sommarsolkverv m

• Polish: przesilenie letnie (pl) n
• Portuguese: solstício de verão m
• Romanian: solstițiu de vară n
• Russian: ле́тнее солнцестоя́ние n (létneje solncestojánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: grian-stad an t-samhraidh m, grian-stad samhraidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дугодневница f, дугодневица f

  Latin: dugodnevnica f, dugodnevica (sh) f

• Spanish: solsticio de verano m
• Swedish: sommarsolstånd (sv) n
• Thai: ครีษมายัน (th) (khritsamayan)
• Ukrainian: лі́тнє сонцестоя́ння n (lítnje soncestojánnja)
• Vietnamese: hạ chí (vi) (夏至)
• Welsh: hirddydd haf m